Rohilla

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The Rohilla are a Pashtun-origin community historically known for establishing the Rohilkhand region in northern India and playing a significant role in 18th-century North Indian politics.

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Label Occurrences
Rohilla canonical 11

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pashtun community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Rohilla Pathan ⓘ
associatedDynasty Rampur Nawabs ⓘ
linked to: Nawabs of Rampur
conflict Rohilla War ⓘ
conflictOpponent Awadh ⓘ
linked to: Oudh

British East India Company ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalInfluence Indo-Islamic culture ⓘ
Persianate court culture ⓘ
demographicConcentration Badaun district ⓘ
Bareilly district ⓘ
Pilibhit district ⓘ
linked to: Pilibhit

Rampur district ⓘ
ethnicMinorityIn India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Pashtun ⓘ
linked to: Pashtuns
governedAs semi-independent state ⓘ
historicalAdversary Marathas ⓘ
linked to: Maratha

Nawab of Awadh ⓘ
historicalAlly Nawab of Awadh ⓘ
historicalCapital Bareilly ⓘ
Rampur ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfProminence 18th century ⓘ
historicalRegionEstablished Rohilkhand ⓘ
historicalStatus military aristocracy ⓘ
integratedInto British Indian princely state system ⓘ
language Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
northern India ⓘ
migrationCentury 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
namedAfter Roh ⓘ
notablePolity Rohilkhand state ⓘ
linked to: Rohilkhand

Rohilla Kingdom ⓘ
notablePrincelyState Rampur State ⓘ
playedRoleIn 18th-century North Indian politics ⓘ
politicalStatus18thCentury regional power in North India ⓘ
primaryRegion Rohilkhand ⓘ
regionOfMigrationFrom Afghanistan ⓘ
Pashtun areas of present-day Pakistan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
settledAlong Ganges plain ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain
subgroupOf Pashtuns in South Asia ⓘ
traditionalOccupation landholding ⓘ
soldiery ⓘ

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